ww te Vidyarthiplus Important Questions ‘Anna University, Chennai Department of Mechanical Engineering B.E/ B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION Nov Dec 2016 THIRD SEMESTER MEG301 Engineering Thermodynamics {REGULATION 2013) 1, Three grams of nitrogen gas at 6 atm and 1600C is expanded adiabatically to double itsjnitial volume and then compressed again at constant volume to its initial state. Calculate the Work done on the gas. Draw the p-V diagram for the process. Specific heat ratio of nitrogen is 1:4 2. Calculate the power developed and diameter of the inlet pipe, if a gas enters into thegas turbine at 5 ke/sec, 50 m/s with an enthalpy of 0.9Mi/kg. the heat loss to the surroundings 0.025 MI/kg. the heat loss to the surrounding is 0.025 MJ/kg. the heat loss to the surrouAding is 0,025 M/ke, assume 100 kPa and 300 K at the inlet, 3, The electric heating system used in many houses consists of simple duct with resistance wire. Airis heated as it flows over resistance wires. Consider a 15 kW electric heating system. Air enters the heating section at 100 kPa and 170C with a volumesflow rate of 150 m3/min. if heat is lost from the air in the duct to the surroundings at a rate of 200 W, determine the exit temperature of air 4. a) Define enthalpy. How is it related to intecnahenéray? b) A fluid is confined in a cylinder by asprifig loaded, frictionless piston so that the pressure in the fluid is a linear function of the volume((p a 4:bV) where U is in kd, p is in kPa and V in cubic meter, Ifthe fluid changes from an ihitiabstate of 170 kPa, 0.03 m3 to a final state of 400 kPa, 0.06 m3 , with no work other than'that done on the piston, find the direction and magnitude of the work and heat transfer. 5. Air is compressed by an adiabatic compressor from 100 kPa and 120C to a pressure of 800 kPa at a steady rate of 0,2 kg/s. ifthe isentropic efficiency of the compressor is 80 percent, determine the exit temperature of air and the required power input to the compressor 6. a. what are the conditions for reversibility? Explain. b. An heat exchanger circulates 5000 kg/hr of water to cool oil from 1500¢ to 500C. The rate of flow of oil is .5 ki/kg.K. the water enters the heat exchanger at 210C. Determine the net change in entropy due to heat exchange process, and the amount of work obtained if cooling of oil is done by using the heat to run a carnot engine with sink temperature of 210C. 7... deduce the efficiency of carnot cycle in terms of temperature from its p-V diagram. . Airis compressed from 100 kPa and 300 K to 5 bar isothermally and then it receives heat at constant pressure. It Is finally returns to Its initial condition by a constant volume path. Plot the cycle on p-V and T-s diagram and calculate the net heat and work transfer 8. a, State and prove Clausius inequality.ww te b, Ametal block with m = following two ways: kg, ¢= 0.4 kd/kg.K at 400C is kept in a room at 200C. It is cooled in the Using a Carnot engine (executing integral numbeer of cycles) with the room itself as the cold reservoir; Naturally In each case, calculate the changes in entropy of the block, of the air of the room and of the universe, Assume that the metal block has constant specific heat. 9. Ina closed vessel the 100 kg of steam at 100 kPa, 0.5 dry is to be brought to a pressure of 1000 kPa inside vessel. Determine the mass of dry saturated steam admitted at 2000 kPa for raising pressure. Also determine the final quality. 10. One kg of steam is contained in an elastic baloon of spherical shape which supports an internal pressure proportional to its diameter. The initial condition of steam is saturated vapout at 1100C heat is transferred to steam until pressure reaches 200 kPa. Determine: Final temperature Heat transferred, Take Cps = 2.25 ki/kg.K 11. a) Draw rankine cycle with one open type feed water heatehs Assume the condition of the steam before entering the turbine to be superheated, SketcHithe éycle on T-s diagram. b)in an ideal reheat cycle, the steam enters the turbine at30'bar and 5000C after expansion to 5 bar, the steam is reheated to 5000Cand then expantled'to the condenser pressure of 0.1 bar. Determine the cycle thermal efficiency, mass flaw rate of steam. Take power output as 100 MW 112. a) Draw p-T diagram and label various phasesand transitions. Explain the process of isobaric heating above triple point pressure withithe help of p-T diagram. 'b) 2 kg of water at 2000€ are cofttaified in a 20m3 vessel. Determine the pressure,enthalpy, mass and volume of vapour withinthe vessel. 13, Derive the Glausius Clapeyron equation and Vander Waals equations 14, a) Deduce the Maxwell relations b) Explain joule thompson effect with the help of T-p diagram and derive the expression for Joule ‘Thompson co efficient. Show that the value of this co efficient for an ideal gas is zero 15. a) Show that the Joule ~ Thomson co efficient of an ideal gas is zero. bb) Using the cyclic relation and the first Maxwell relation, derive other three Maxwell relations 16. a) Using the Claypeyron equation. Estimate the value of the enthalpy of vapourization of refrigerant R-134a at 293 K, and compare it with the tabulated value. b) Show that Cp ~ Cv = R for an ideal gas. 17. a) In an adiabatic mixing of two streams, derive the relationship among the ratio of mass of streams, ratio of enthalpy change and ratio of specific humidity change. bb) Saturate air at 200C at a rate of 1.167 m3 /sec is mixed adiabatically with the outside air at 300C and 50% relative humidity at a rate of 0.5 m3 /sec. assuming adiabatic mixing condition of 1ww mate atm, determine specific humidity, relative humidity,dry bulb temperature and volume flow rate of the mixture 18. a) Differentiate between Dry bulb temperature and wet bulb temperature |Wet bullb depression and dew point depression b) Air at 160C and 250C relative humidity passes through a heater and then through a humidfier to reach final dry bulb temperature of 300C and 50% relative humidity.Calculate the heat and moisture added to the air. What is the sensible heat factor 19. a) Draw the psychrometric chart and show any two psychrametric processes on it. b) A sample of moist air at 1 atm and 250C has a moisture content of 0.01% by somite the humidity ratio, the partial pressure of water vapour, the degree of saturation, ive humidity and the dew point temperature € 20. a) What is the lowest temperature that air can attain in an evaporativ ‘atm, 302 K, and 40 percent relative humidity? ler if it enters at 1 b) consider a room that contains air at 1 atm, 308 K, and 40%, “san ity. Using the psychrometric chart, determine: the specific humidity, the,ent the wet bulb temperature, the dew point temperature and the specific volume aS < < a*O Ss iw